Gaming shit you just bought

just tested.  Seems to work fine, although I never played the original so cannot compare.

Just bought an Amiga 500+ from eBay and am in the process of refurbishing it. It’s the cartoon classics box, mint condish, all manuals Etc, even a couple of mags. Mega nostalgia hit.

It’s quite yellow, especially the keys. Apparently you can use hair bleach and sunlight to sort it, so I’m doing that if the sun comes out again.

Just drive around Essex for half an hour.
ETA: stop at one in ten of the money laundering tanning salons for the sunlight bit.

Yeah, the 500 battery always leaks too, it’s quite corroded. It turns on but waiting on a cable to see if it actually boots. The power supply is fucked too. I’ve invested in a soldering iron but no idea what I’m up to. It’s a voyage of discovery

Fuck it. I’m going to buy one of those Super Mega X Console Pro machine things

Just need to decide if I want SNES or PS2 pads

richyroo I’ve bought one off eBay just now using that link earlier on the thread, got the ps2 pads

Let’s hope it works ok!

£94 including delivery, 256gb with the PS2 pads

There seems to be so many different 'brands', does it matter which one you go with?

I notice they do a USB stick variant of this.

As long as it’s a super console x or super console x pro, I think you are good to go.

there’s hardly and difference with the pro version, get it if you can for the slight performance boost.  But either will play PS1 era and prior games fine

On the subject of doing up old computers/consoles, I've done a few this past 18 months, including an Amiga 500.

If you're looking to de-yellow cases (aka to 'retrobrite') I've tried a number of different methods:

Simplest is 'sunbriting', which involves chucking your computer outside when the sun is strong. The idea behind this is that the wavelength of UV that is blocked by windows (which unfortunately let through the wavelength that yellows the plastic) will undo the yellowing. I tried it on my old Dreamcast and SNES. There *was* a noticeable change over time, but this took two weeks of exposure to achieve!

Next is using a 12% peroxide cream smothered over the hardware, then tightly wrapped in cling film to prevent it drying out, and leaving it out in the sun. This is the fastest method and can take just a few hours on a hot day, but you really have to babysit it and keep massaging the cream around every 20-30 minutes or so, or you'll end up with a 'marbled' appearance where the bleaching hasn't been applied evenly. If this happens, you can try again, but every time you do it will increase the chance of over-bleaching the original colour.

Last method is to take a plastic storage tub, half fill it with water and then pour about a litre of *liquid* 12% peroxide in. Submerse your yellowed case and try to find some way to weigh it down as the peroxide in the water forms bubbles on the plastic and it will rise to the surface over time. Leave it in strong sunlight and *never* leave the tub anywhere unventilated or by pets as the fumes are BAD. Use nitrile gloves. This is consistently the best method. Doesn't require babysitting (just make sure your case doesn't float to the top for long) and in good weather you'll have a completely unyellowed case in a day or two.

Well look at it this way, it probably wouldn't work today anyway and you probably really enjoyed the Ps1 at the time 😊

My Super Console X Pro was delivered today - that’s not too bad, 10 days, was expecting to wait a bit longer

Annoyingly it comes with a US power supply - anyone know if you can just use a standard US to UK adapter? I think most are just for tourists and aren’t supposed to be used long term